Era: Seven money-losing girls? They're trying to trick me into having a daughter again!

Wu Shaoli bit her lower lip hard, her hands clutching her daughters' clothes tightly.

Er Ya and San Ya huddled behind her, their little faces filled with fear.

Siya and Wuya were already terrified and crying, but they didn't dare to cry out loud, and could only keep sobbing.

Fang Wei stared at the woman on the ground who was crying and making a scene, then looked at Zhao Laosan who was standing next to him with a smug look on his face, and finally his gaze fell on Xu Rui.

He understood everything.

These three bastards are trying to set him up!

Seeing that the time was right, Xu Rui finally stepped forward.

Although he was very dissatisfied that Village Chief Zhou and Village Chief Hu did not listen to his orders and insisted on making things so big, since things had already come to this point, he had to do as previously agreed.

"Fang Wei! How dare you!"

He put his hands behind his back, adopting an official demeanor, and loudly rebuked, "Rape is a serious act of hooliganism, a grave moral depravity!"

"According to national laws and regulations, your behavior should earn you at least a decade or more in prison! In more serious cases, you could be shot!"

Upon hearing this, the surrounding villagers gasped in astonishment.

Getting shot? That's a matter of life and death!

Fang Wei's lips twitched, but he still didn't say anything.

Seeing that Fang Wei remained silent, Xu Rui assumed he was intimidated and sneered inwardly.

He walked up to Fang Wei, suddenly lowered his voice, and said in a volume only the two of them could hear, "Fang Wei, are you scared now?"

"However, considering we've known each other for a while, I don't want to ruin you."

"Here's what we'll do: as long as you behave and listen to me from now on, you'll do whatever I tell you to do, and every penny you earn will go to me first..."

"Then I'll take charge of this matter for you today. I'll make sure Mei Yan shuts up and acts like nothing ever happened."

After Xu Rui finished speaking, he took a step back and waited smugly for Fang Wei to kneel down and beg for mercy, tears streaming down his face.

He had even already thought about what he was going to say next.

He wanted to make Fang Wei kneel down in front of everyone, to make Fang Wei lose face in front of everyone, and to show Wu Shaoli how pathetic her man was in front of him!

Suddenly, birdsong came from above the courtyard.

Fang Wei looked at Xu Rui's disgusting face, then at Mei Yan who was still lying on the ground crying, and suddenly burst into laughter.

The surrounding villagers all stared at him with bewildered expressions, thinking that the young man had been frightened into madness.

Fang Wei laughed for a while before stopping, wiping away the tears that had come out of the corners of his eyes, and looking at Xu Rui with disdain.

"So you hired these two idiots to put on this lousy show just to scam my money?"

"Are you out of your mind?"

Fang Wei's voice wasn't loud, but everyone present heard it.

Mei Yan and Zhao Laosan's expressions immediately froze.

Xu Rui's eyelids twitched twice, and the smugness on his face began to disappear: "Fang Wei! How dare you talk to me like that?!"

"Why wouldn't I dare?"

Fang Wei took a step forward, closing in on Xu Rui, and roared, "Officer Xu, do you dare repeat what you just said in front of everyone?"

"Weren't you going to settle this for me? Didn't you want me to do what you say? Didn't you want to take the money I earned?"

"Come on, tell us! Let the villagers hear what kind of upright and just official our Secretary Xu really is!"

The surroundings were deathly silent.

All eyes were on Xu Rui.

Xu Rui's lips trembled, and the muscles on his face began to twitch.

He never expected that Fang Wei would be so bold as to turn the tables on him in front of so many people!

This is completely different from what he expected!

Shouldn't Fang Wei be kneeling on the ground begging for mercy?!

Shouldn't she be crying and begging him to let her go?!

"Fang Wei!"

Xu Rui suddenly roared, her voice becoming high-pitched and thin, like a woman's.

"Stop spouting nonsense! I, Xu Rui, have always been upright and honest. When did I ever say such things?!"

He was panting heavily, the veins on his neck bulging, and he turned around and shouted at the villagers who were watching.

"Fellow villagers! Don't be fooled by Fang Wei, that gambling addict! He's just trying to frame me, a cadre, because he feels guilty!"

"As a staff member of the subdistrict office, I receive a government salary every month and dedicate myself wholeheartedly to serving the people!"

"I brought Comrade Mei Yan to see Fang Wei today entirely out of public interest! It's to seek justice for the women who have been bullied!"

Xu Rui became more and more excited as he spoke, and spittle flew out of his mouth.

"That scoundrel Fang Wei not only got Comrade Mei Yan pregnant, but now he's trying to smear me!"

"Such lawless and morally corrupt individuals must be severely punished!"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Zhao Laosan quickly jumped in to chime in, saying, "Officer Xu is right!"

He secretly kicked Mei Yan, who was still lying on the ground, and said, "Fang Wei, don't try to change the subject! You got Mei Yan pregnant, you can't deny that!"

Mei Yan jolted awake and immediately started howling again.

"Waaaah—Fang Wei, you heartless beast—you slept with me and now you're denying it—"

"I'm carrying your child now. If you don't want me, I'll have no choice but to die with the baby—"

One of the buttons on her shirt had popped open again, revealing her white, fleshy body, which made the men next to her stare wide-eyed.

Fang Wei sneered, completely unmoved by their tactics.

"Okay."

He looked at Mei Yan, who was lying on the ground pretending to cry, and shouted, "Mei Yan, you said I slept with you, and you said this vest is mine, right?"

Mei Yan, her neck stiff, shouted, "It's yours! This is what you left in my house!"

"it is good."

Fang Wei nodded, his expression completely open and honest.

"Then I, Fang Wei, will admit something today in front of the entire village, young and old!"

"I did see Mui Yan as a widow, and I felt sorry for her because she was struggling to make a living on her own. So I helped her out occasionally and took extra care of her."

These words sparked another round of discussion among those around them.

"but!"

Fang Wei ignored him and continued, "I, Fang Wei, am making this clear today! I have never slept with Mei Yan! The whole 'getting her pregnant' thing is pure nonsense!"

He suddenly snatched the gray vest from Mei Yan's hand and shook it in the air.

"See for yourselves!"

Fang Wei held the vest up to himself and sneered, "What's my build? And what size is this vest?"

"The villagers here aren't blind; look for yourselves, is this garment my size or not?!"